Lap Mat

ABSTRACT

A grip surface placed on top of a lap, or on top of a surface that is on-top of a lap such as a pillow or pillow like device, for the purposes of easier eating, working, studying, playing, therapy and leisuring. Bring your table anywhere with The Lap Mat. Get up to 90 degrees of grip anywhere. Made typically of silicone, The Lap Mat helps to keep your everyday items in place, where you need them.

PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

Too many times we have spills and crumbs that get into the corners and seams of fabrics or hot pads used to unsteadily hold items on our laps. We even try to work on our laps, in bed and anywhere other than the desk or table but it is always a hassle. Things slipping away, backs hurting from sitting too forward on the couch . . . enough is enough. This makes eating and working at the couch, bed, floor or chair a chore rather than something that makes life easier and more comfortable.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

A grip surface added on top of a lap, or on top of a surface that is on-top of a lap such as a pillow or pillow like device, for the purposes of easier eating, working, studying, playing, therapy and leisuring. Bring your table anywhere with The Lap Mat.

Keep your pillow and lap top items where they belong. Strong and unique grip designs made to stop plates, laptops, toys, notes, books, ipads and phones and many other objects from slipping away onto you, the floor, the bed, your car seat, couch or any other area you are trying to protect by using your The Lap Mat.

A secure, ergonomic and easy to clean grip designed surface that ensures plates, phones, bowls, laptops, books and many other objects do not move while also giving the customer ‘spill relief’ by way of its raised outer edges to stop crumbs, liquids or other objects from getting on the pillow fabrics, clothing, bedding or anything else the The Lap Mat is on. Not for kitchen use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 on page 1/2 of Drawings:

Detailed Dimensions from the Top View

FIG. 2 on page 1/2 of Drawings:

Detailed Dimensions from the Side View with Bowl Reservoir Visible in the middle, the thickness of the mat at full thickness and also at its thinnest.

FIG. 3 on page 2/2 of Drawings:

-   -   A) Bowl Reservoir     -   B1) Side Reservoir     -   B2) Side Reservoir     -   C1) Bottom Reservoir     -   C2) Top Reservoir     -   C3) Top Reservoir     -   C4) Top Reservoir     -   D) Flat Top Ridge

FIG. 4 on page 2/2 of Drawings:

-   -   A) Bowl Reservoir

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The Lap Mat is made with silicone that is heat and cold resistant. The silicone is safe to eat off of. The silicone can be hand washed or washed in a dish washing machine. The silicone for the The Lap Mat can be either poured, pressed, injected or any other way to achieve the desired shape after the initial mold is created. The silicone is heat resistant but is not meant for any kitchen use such as a pot holder, cover or the like.

The outer edges of the mat are rounded, though can be square, angled or any other shape based on the need of the mat.

The inner grip ripple shapes are flat at the top to make for easier holding of flat objects which are layered on top of the mat. The inner grip ripple shapes should be about 0.18 inches tall so that the mat is not too heavy. The inner grips of The Lap Mats include

The bottom of the mat is flat, or mostly flat, so it can adhere to any surface evenly with ease.

The thickness of the bottom of the mats lowest level should be about 0.058 inches.

There are a variety of options for the lap mat that include mats being non-permanently affixed, semi-permanently affixed and permanently affixed to laps, lap laying materials or devices such as pillows, pillow like devices and blankets. 

1. The Lap Mat is any varied grip surface, with an average of ⅛ inch raised grip ridge, created for the purposes of easier and cleaner ways of eating hot or cold items in any size dish, playing, therapy, leisuring, studying and working up to 90 degrees on the lap (where lap means any part of the body the mat can grip to) or on any pillow or pillow like devices.
 2. The term ‘lap’ in this invention description refers in all areas to any part of the body the Lap Mat may be laid on for any use such as legs or stomach.
 3. The term ‘pillow-like device’ in this invention description refers in all areas to any pillow-like device such as floor pillows, stuffed animals, blankets or bedding.
 4. The Lap Mat is purposed for use on pillows and pillow-like devices where the Lap Mat may be either affixed permanently to a pillow or pillow-like devices by way of gluing, clamping, heat pressing or affixing in any other way of bonding materials for more permanent use that has been created or is yet to be created or the Lap Mat can replace a pillow exterior completely as a non-slip grip surface by being sewn to other materials of that pillow; or by being laid on top of the pillow or pillow-like device as a separate piece that is non-permanent.
 5. The Lap Mat materials may be poured, extruded, injected pressed or formed in any way created or not created to form silicone, plastic, rubber, latex or any other grip related installment or material, natural or artificial made and not yet made related to grip or material/lap protection. Silicone is the preferred grip material for the Lap Mat.
 6. The interior of the pillows and pillow-like devices may be made of air memory foam, hemp, buck seed, coconut fibers, cotton, polyester, polyester pellets, shredded rubber, latex, shredded latex, kapok, plush, terry cloth, buckwheat, millet, flaxseed, lavender or other herbs, styrofoam, styrofoam beads, shredded foam, down, horse hair, micro beads, bean bag balls, recycled materials, artificial and natural fibers made and not yet made as well as shaped in squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, triangles, hexagons or any other shape created or yet to be created.
 7. The Lap Mat most common places of use are on the couch, on the lap, on the stomach, on the floor, on the bed/bed pillows, in the car on the lap or on a part of the car to hold things, in a chair seated with the Lap Mat on the lap or on the leg, in a wheelchair via laying on the lap or legs, on a plane via laying on the lap or legs, on a train via laying on the lap or legs, at a sports game via laying on the lap or legs or anywhere that a ridged grip material is placed for said reasons of eating, working, reading, studying leisuring doing crafts or on the computer/pad/phone. Table top use is acceptable but not the Lap Mats main purposed functional modality.
 8. The mats main purposes are NOT the following: food cover, pot cover, container cover, hot pad for a hot pot, hot hot pad for a hot pan (though when recycled it can be cut up to be used as such) and is not intended to be: microwaved, to be used in the kitchen or to be used as hot pads for pots, pans or the like. 